Originally Posted by kc135driver

Holy crap, the plane is already approaching 60+ years old, even if the did get this round of procurements going it mean 70-80+ years on some airframes. Metal is just not meant to last that long, especially with max fuel loads out of the Deid.

You know even the engines on the 135R model are beginning to show their age, and from what I understand there are only a few left in the inventory.

The worse scenario I can think of is a wing coming off over the pond somewhere and the entire fleet grounded. I don't think these idiots realize just how much we will NOT be able to do without the 450 or so tankers in the fleet. You can forget OIF/OEF or any other conflict not requiring a damn remote control airplane. Not enough -10s to go around.

Dissapointed-

KC